running out of semaphores on boot
Issue
- omsa doesn't start
- Oracle fails to start with the error "OS system dependent operation:semget failed with status: 28"
- /var/log/messages has entries: Server Administrator (Shared Library): Data Engine EventID: A semaphore set has to be created but the system limit for the maximum number of semaphore sets has been exceeded
- The semaphore problem seems to occur after the luns have been scanned, partitioned, and labeled for oracleasm.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - All Architectures
- EMC Powerpath drivers installed and configured on boot.
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